St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-10-01

national encampment; that the question
was what the encampment ought to do,
whether it ought to make platforms or
political parties, or ought to state its
position in diglfied manner, as though
there never had been president of the
United States. The Grand Army, he
said, should stand as an army upon the
pl lin, regardless of the coyotes at the
loot of -proclaiming in majestic words
that it was in favor of this pension leg
islatiOn and opposed to every attack
upon the interests of the soldiers. In
concluding his remarks,
VANDERVoORT SAID:
I emphatically say that the president
should be censured for his action. have as
great an appreciation and respect for the
Office of president as any man on earth, but
believe that in his veto he insulted the COM
radship of the Grand Army.
This evoked slight applause, but
there were long and repeated mani
festations of enthusiasm while G. ii.
GrOSvenor, of Ohio, was making his
speech in reply, and the applause lasted
for several seconds, when, pointing to
Vandervoort, the speaker said in slow
and deliberate manner:
What a spectacle! One man insinuating
that the courage and bravery of the Grand
Army of the Republic is centered in one
man. who alone has the courage to speak his
convictions.
Vandervoort'S motion was defeated.
After the resolution in favor of the pen
sion to Mrs. Logan had been unani-
mously adopted, there was
A DEBATE
of over one hour on the motion to adopt
the minority report favoring the ser
vice pension bill. 1t was participated
in by many of the leading delegates, ,and
in the result the motion was defeateH
by vote of It's to 13. 1t was O'Clock when
the encampment reaSSembled after the
adjournment for lunch, and the election
of officers was at once declared the Or
der. Gems. Grier, of st. Louis, Slocum,
of New York, Warner of Kansas City,
Judge Rea, of Minneapolis, and eX-
Gov. Anthony, of Kansas, were placed
in nomination for the Office of comman-
der in chief, but Gen. Warmers with
drawal was announced before the call
il G of the roll had begun. Judge Rea
was elected on the first ballot, which
resulted as follows:
Anthony. &C Rea .............. 294
Gen. Sherman received one vote, as
did also Gen. Warner.
REA WAS DECLARED ELECTED.
He was escorted to the platform by
Anthony and Grier. As soon as the
storm of applause was Stilledohe said:
Commander in-Chief and Comrades-I es-
| TEEN it an honor equal to any that can poSsl-
bly, come to an American citizen to be elected
| as commander-in- chief of the Grand Army of
| the Republic, embracing as 1t does almost the
| entire number of the survivors OF the men
! who crowded four centuries of progress into
| four years of war. Applause i shall not
now undertake to make a speech, but hope
to see you all during the coming year.
thank you from the bottom of my heart, and
appreciate the honor which You have con
ferred upon me. In four months from this
time will have reached my majority as q
member of the Grand Army of the
Republic. [Applause.] have loved it, and
i have sincere hope to preserve It's honor
| and keep it true to the cardinal doctrines
upon which it was founded, and whatever is
necessary to do Will be done by me. l have
only this to say. trust that as the events OF
| this year are woven as wool into the warp OF
time making the web uf Grand Army history
it is my ambition, it will be my purpose, il
will be my highest hope that there may be III
that web no seam that will show where your
administration ended, Comrade Fairchild
and mine began. [Cheers for Rea.
THE OTHER OFFICERS.
The rules were then suspended, and
Nelson Cole, of Missouri, was elected
senior vice commander. The junior
vice commander chosen was John G.
Linahan, of New Hampshire. Gen.
! Lawrence Donahue was elected surgeon
general, and Rev. Edward Anderson
chaplain-in-chief. When the commit.
tee on rules and regulations submitted
their report, the proposition to enable
class of persons to enter the order
who had served in the field, but had
never been mustered into the service
was defeated. The committee on the
Logan monument reported. recommend
ing that fund be provided for the erec
tiOn of an equestrian statue at Wash
ington. Gov. Alger. of Michigan, sub
scribed $1,000 to the fund, and Gen
Lennon, of New York, another. Fht
Officers of the encampment were theI
installed, and the twenty-first annua
enampment of the Grand Army of the
Republic was at an end.